America's Cup
America’s Cup bid the realisation of a 17-year dream for Tom Slingsby
The Olympic gold medallist will lead a group of sailing heavyweights, including one 1983 winner, in Australia’s return to the America’s Cup next year.
- Frances Howe
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‘A completely different world’: Why the modern America’s Cup is unrecognisable
If the last time you tuned in to an America’s Cup was in 1983, you’ll be in for a shock next year.
- Frances Howe
‘Australia taking on the world’: America’s Cup hero welcomes new trophy tilt
John Bertrand, the skipper of the victorious Australia II in 1983, has celebrated news of a long-awaited new Australian challenge for the prestigious prize.
- Chris Barrett
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Australia to launch first America’s Cup bid in quarter of a century
A Sydney yacht club and a retail rich-lister are behind a challenge for the 175-year-old trophy, memorably won in 1983 by the John Bertrand-skippered Australia II.
- Chris Barrett
Dramatic lightning strikes over the America’s Cup racecourse
Racing had to be abandoned after fork lightning dramatically struck during Race 17 of the Louis Vuitton Cup Round Robin sailing in Barcelona.
‘I felt the lightning through my body’: Aussie sailor’s near-miss in America’s Cup electrical storm
Racing had to be abandoned after yachts were caught in the middle of a fierce storm in Barcelona.
- Tom Cary
‘I’d squirrel ’em away’: The Snickers stash on board Australia II’s America’s Cup win
Trimmer Skip Lissiman smuggled the chocolate bars on board for every race in Newport in 1983, and the rest of the crew tried in vain to find his secret hiding spots.
- Emma Kemp
Bondy the bum: Why the crew of Australia II missed out on going to the White House
It’s been 40 years since Australia snatched the America’s Cup, but for the water-logged warriors who stuck it up the New York Yacht Club toffs, the events are so vivid it could have been yesterday.
- Mark Naglazas